A Gratitude Attitude Lost Within The
Folds Of An Entitlement Attitude
Expressing Gratitude May Have Become A
Lost Art Form
Having a gratitude attitude may have become a lost art form,
being replaced by the entitlement attitude. Instead of expressing
gratitude, we are expressing an attitude of "you owe me."
Gratitude Attitude vs
Entitlement By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
Several of my readers have asked me if the hoopla about
expressing gratitude, a gratitude attitude and saying, thanks to
everything in our life—is all what it is touted to be. It is
important to question the latest buzz phrase or tagline. Many
people, who followed the latest fad, discovered they were being
duped by its originator.
American society has become a society of
entitlement
The entitlement attitude says, "life owes me something," "people
owe me something," "the government owes me something," or "God
owes me something."
First allow me to give some history as to how American society
became a society of entitlement.
Beginning with the New Deal program, Franklin D. Roosevelt
initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of providing
relief, recovery, and reform to the people and economy of the
United States during the Great Depression people have become
indoctrinated to an entitlement attitude.
Following the New Deal, dozens of agencies were created, which
introduced class conflict, especially between business and
unions. New Deal programs still in existence today are Social
Security, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the
primary regulator of Wall Street. Source: Allswang, John. The New
Deal and American Politics (1978), voting analysis.
You can quickly and easily determine if you
are in entitlement attitude
Because the result you experience leaves you constantly feeling
angry, resentful, or frustrated. If you believe that someone owes
you something and that person does not come through, you feel
angry. You resent being ripped-off and cheated out of something
you think you deserve. However, that is what people with an
entitlement attitude expect and demand.
Entitlement is a lie. It is a perversion of reality—as much as
the government programs beginning with the New Deal is a
perversion of reality. In truth the government can not provide
enough programs or possibly meet all the demands of all the
people all the time.
Expressing gratitude and having a gratitude
attitude for everything in our lives...
Including, the things that we would prefer to have been
different, is powerful and empowering. Expressing gratitude is
within the Law of Cause and Effect. The Law of Cause and Effect
embodies the truth that Law pervades the Universe; that nothing
happens by Chance, that Chance is simply a term indicating cause
existing, but not recognized or perceived, that phenomena is
continuous and without fail or exception.
The Principle of Cause and Effect underlies all scientific
thought, ancient and modern, and was enunciated by the Essenic
Teachers in the earliest days. The universal laws are based on
metaphysics and have been spoken of by the greatest thinkers,
writers and leaders throughout time—Plato, Aristotle, Albert
Einstein, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dale Carnegie, The Power
of Positive Thinking, Carl Jung; “What you resist persists.”
Buddha, “All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”
If one authentically expresses a gratitude attitude
without skepticism...
It is awesomely life altering. When one is grateful for
everything in their life--the good, the bad, the ugly, they are
in charge of their life and therefore, can change the bad, the
ugly and enjoy the good more. If we 'hate,' 'reject,' 'deny,' or
'pretend,' the bad and the ugly has nothing to do with oneself,
one is dis-empowered and helpless.
When we take responsibility for everything we experience--the
good, the bad, and the ugly, we are empowered and powerful to
effect change. We can not change that which we do not
acknowledge. Expressing gratitude and having a gratitude attitude
for the good, the bad or the ugly, is acknowledging what we have
created (casued), therefore we can do something about it, if we
so choose. Without acknowledgement we have NO choice.
Express a gratitude attitude.
About the Author:
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author,
"101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life." Dr. Dorothy has the unique
gift of connecting people with a broad range of profound
principles that resonate in the deepest part of their being. She
brings awareness to concepts not typically obvious to one's daily
thoughts and feelings. www.drdorothy.net
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